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small updates to TODO and INSTALL
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INSTALL
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@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ OVERVIEW:
Additionally (since v3.0) you have to install clearsilver (a templating
engine). See INSTALL.clearsilver for details.
1. Get ezmlm-web and extract the archive:
tar xzf ezmlm-web-3.x.tar.gz
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mailing list must be able to run it (Check the read and execute rights
on both the file and directory). We put our copy in "/usr/local/bin".
At the top of ezmlm-web.cgi you can will probably have to change the
$ENV{'PATH'} variable. Be careful about what you set as the path. Too
At the top of ezmlm-web.cgi you may have to change the $ENV{'PATH'}
variable. Be careful about what you set as the path. Too
much is a security risk and too little will cause the script to
malfunction. Version 2.0 requires that the following programs be
accessible in your path: mv, rm
@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ OVERVIEW:
The directory containing ezmlm-web's language files should be something
like '/usr/local/share/ezmlm-web/lang':
mkdir -p /usr/local/share/ezmlm-web
mkdir -p /usr/local/share/ezmlm-web
cp -r lang /usr/local/share/ezmlm-web
You can change this default location in the ezmlmwebrc file.
Do the same with the template directory (e.g copy it
@ -62,9 +63,9 @@ OVERVIEW:
Finally, copy the ezmlmwebrc file to one of
the following places:
1) the home directory of the user that runs ezmlm-web.cgi
2) the directory, that contains your ezmlm-web.cgi file
3) /etc/ezmlm
1) the home directory of the user that runs ezmlm-web.cgi (~/.ezmlmwebrc)
2) the directory, that contains your cgi binary (index.cgi)
3) /etc/ezmlm/ezmlmwebrc
(ezmlm-web will look for it in these places in the given order)
@ -75,8 +76,8 @@ OVERVIEW:
5. For every user/virtual host that needs to manage mailing lists, you
need to create a SUID (user not root!!) copy of index.cgi (see
chmod(1) for details). These need to reside somewhere accessible by
need to create a SUID (user not root!!) copy of index.cgi (e.g
chmod 4755 index.cgi). These need to reside somewhere accessible by
the web server. I suggest that you put them in a sub directory (see
about security) of each user/virtual host's home directory (eg
/home/luser/public_html/ezmlm for Apache on Redhat).
@ -84,9 +85,10 @@ OVERVIEW:
The copies don't actually have to be called index.cgi, but it is nice
for web servers that can resolve a cgi script as an index page (see the
srm.conf file in Apache). It is important to make sure that whichever
directory you choose to put them can i: Execute CGI Scripts and ii: Be
access controlled (here I mean both web and user access) by some method
(eg .htaccess, access.conf for Apache).
directory you choose to put them can
i: Execute CGI Scripts and
ii: Be access controlled (here I mean both web and user access) by
some method (eg .htaccess, access.conf for Apache).
6. Install some method of securing access to the page. The following

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TODO
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@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ allow dynamic addition of user-made config templates (seperate directory, ...)
language switch support
choose basic/expert to disable questions
export subscribers (oder lieber per Mail (ezmlm)?)